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Bulawayo
Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe · Population 665,952
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Water first, then the board only neighbours can fill: how long since the bin lorry came. The dam figures sit behind both.
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Is the Water On?
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Dam Levels
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Was the Bin Lorry Here?
How Long Will My Water Last?
Work out how many days your stored water lasts, whether it reaches the next supply day, and what a day's ration looks like for your household.
The Lake Behind the Lights
How much usable water is left in Lake Kariba — the Zambezi River Authority's own published level, what it was on this day a year ago, and where that sits in the range the turbines run on.
Where Things Stand
Plain status of the long-running situations Bulawayo keeps asking about — water shedding, ZESA load-shedding, Egodini, and the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline.
Find Your Councillor
All 29 wards with their suburbs, councillors and email addresses — from the council's own directory, plus the call centre and emergency lines.
Museums & Ruins
Hours and entry fees for the Natural History Museum, the Railway Museum, Khami and the Matobo Hills — checked on the official pages, with how a visit works.
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Changelog
- UpdatedFixed a councillor email address that could not receive mail
- UpdatedRefreshed the dam and water figures to late July
- UpdatedCorrected the Gwayi-Shangani figures on two pages
- New toolShipped a neighbour board for refuse collection
- New toolShipped a calculator for how long your stored water will last
- New toolShipped a live page for the lake behind Zimbabwe's electricity
- UpdatedWhere Things Stand: the 7 July blackout, explained as a fault
- New toolShipped Find Your Councillor and Museums & Ruins
- New toolDam Levels is back — rebuilt, with fresher figures
- RetiredRetired the dam levels page for now
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